Heat Wave Island (かげろう) 54 years old

Otowa is a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to find work, but instead ends up dead. The film begins with the discovery of her corpse, which leads to an investigation that uncovers the narcotics, prostitution, and murder in which many poor farmers had found themselves trapped after World War II.

Credits

Eitaro Ozawa as

Nobuko Otowa as Otoyo

Daigo Kusano as Tsuda

Juzo Itami as Iino

Tanie Kitabayashi as

Ichiro Sugai as

Heat Wave Island Cast

Name	Character
Eitaro Ozawa He was 60, 79 years old when he died
Nobuko Otowa She was 45, 70 years old when she died	as Otoyo
Daigo Kusano He was 30, 51 years old when he died	as Tsuda
Juzo Itami He was 36, 64 years old when he died	as Iino
Tanie Kitabayashi She was 58, 98 years old when she died
Ichiro Sugai He was 62, 66 years old when he died
Hisano Yamaoka She was 43, 72 years old when she died
Jukichi Uno He was 55, 73 years old when he died

Heat Wave Island Crew

Name	Department
Seijirō Kōyama as Assistant Director. He was 28 (now 82) years old	Directing
Kaneto Shindō as Director. He was 57 (100) years old when He died	Directing
Kaneto Shindō as Writer. He was 57 (100) years old when He died	Writing
Hikaru Hayashi as Original Music Composer. He was 38 (80) years old when He died	Sound
Hisao Itoya as Producer.	Production

Heat Wave Island (54 years)

Release day: Wednesday, October 29, 1969
Runtime: 103 minutes